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Fiscal Responsibility

Seventh and eighth grade students at Jersey City's Julia A. Barnes No. 12 Elementary School gain financial literacy skills through a four-week classroom curriculum created by Junior Achievement. Students explore topics such as budgeting, debt, mortgages, taxes, and credit cards, and learn the importance of making informed financial decisions throughout their lives. The program culminates with a field trip to the JA Finance Park where students apply their classroom learning in a real-life activity where they create and maintain a family budget.

How might you tie topics on financial literacy with classroom learning in social studies, math, and/or literacy?

The Junior Achievement Financial Park program allows students to apply their learning to real-life situations. What are some ways in which you have or could have used real-life situations or real world problems to achieve students learning objectives?

Does your school partner with external organizations that come into the classroom and teach using their curriculum? What are some of the ways to ensure an effective partnership?